id:			150186
accession number:	1981.1.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1981.1.a
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:46.582000

Batō (Horse-Headed) Kannon, early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Wood with traces of color and gold; pedestal: wood with lacquer, color, and gold; overall: 110.6 cm (43 9/16 in.); base: 28 cm (11 in.); figure: 82.6 cm (32 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1981.1.a

title:				Batō (Horse-Headed) Kannon
title in original language:	馬頭観音像
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creation date:			early 1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1333
current location:		235B Japanese
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
technique:	Wood with traces of color and gold; pedestal: wood with lacquer, color, and gold
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 110.6 cm (43 9/16 in.); Base: 28 cm (11 in.); Figure: 82.6 cm (32 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1981
	opening date:   1982-02-17T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1981</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Hodarakuson-ji Temple, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
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	(Minoru Hosomi, Ōsaka, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1981
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1981–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1981.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 69, no. 2 (February 1982): 39–82.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 134, pp. 39, 41, and 83; Reproduced: no. 134; back cover
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159758

	Grossman, Nancy, James T. Ulak, Marjorie Williams, and Laurence Channing.<em> Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2005.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 45
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IMAGES

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